Window-bracket for clothes-lines.



Patented Dec. l2, |899.

J. G. VON HOFE. WINDOW BRACKET FOR CLOTHES LINES.

(Application filed Apr.- 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN G. VON HOFE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL ABARNO, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-BRACKET FOR CLOTHES-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,045, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed April 3, 1399- e NO- 711,587. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. VON Horn, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved \Vindow- Bracket for Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to animprovement in devices designed for supporting an endless pulley clothes-line inside a window, so as to make it convenient to secure clothes to and remove them from the line; and the invention comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one side of a window, showing my device in use. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a window, showing the manner of securing the clothes-line after it has been filled. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the bars by which the clothes-line is held after it has been filled. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the socket for the upper pivot of the bracket or swinging arm, and Fig. 6 is a detail of a device for temporarily holding the lower run of the line while it is being clamped.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which shall. make it easy to place clothes upon a pulley-line and remove them therefrom and which will obviate the necessity of leaning out of the window. WVith this end in view I form a bracket 13, which consists of a pivot member 13 and of two braces B and B extending, respectively, from the upper and lower portions of the pivot member and connected at their outer ends by a common pin, the lower end of which is provided with a hook H, adapted to receive the clothes-line. The bracket also has a brace rod or bar D, which is pivoted upon the outer end of the bracket, so as to swing horizontally whenin use, and carries at its free end, or that end next the window, a roller F, adapted to engage the inner surface of the windowsash. This brace and the lower bar B of the bracket are connected with each other, when the device has been put in place, by means of a hook G, which is pivoted upon one of these parts and enters a loop on the other or isotherwise secured so as to maintain the two parts at a fixed distance apart.

The vertical pivot member B of the bracket has upper and lower extensions which are adapted to enter sockets or eyes 0 and O, secured to the edge of the window-casing. The upper extension Z) is of such length that it may be entered within its socket C and then raised until the lower extension is above its socket C, when thedevice may then be dropped, so as to enter the lower extension within its socket without removing the upper extension from its socket 0, thus making the mounting and dismounting of the bracket a simple and easy matter. When in proper position, the bracket is secured against possibility of removal by means of a set-screw G which is mounted in the upper socket C, and the point of which enters a groove 1) in the extension 1). This will not prevent the bracket turning, but will prevent its rising.

In order to better support the weight of the brace-rod D, a segmental arm E is secured to the lower member B of the bracket and engages the brace-rod D to support it, either by passing beneath the rod or through a loop 6. As herein shown the loop is placed beneath the brace, and the segment-bar both passes beneath the brace and through the loop secured thereto.

In putting my device in usea pulley I, which carries the inner portion of the line J, is secured to the hook H, while the brace-rod D and the bracket 13 lie close alongside of the window-sash. In this position the brace-rod D'should extend beyond the end of the bracket and form a continuation thereof. In order to stretch the line taut, the outer end of the bracket is swung away from the window-sash, the brace-rod D operating with the roller F in contact with the window-sash. This rod thus acts as a brace to support the strain and enables the rod to be very tightly strained. When the rod D has been brought to such a point that the hook G may be secured to the rod 13*, this hook is put in place and the return of the rod D is thus prevented.

This device supports the inner end of the line from a point inside the room, so that the clothes may be secured to the line without having to reach out of the window. When the line has been filled and it is desired to close the window, the point of attachment of the line is shifted in a manner which will now be described.

The method of securing the line is only one of many methods which might be used and is shown and described simply as a preferred one.

Upon the outside casing M is secured a bar K, to which is secured the clamping-bar K, both being provided with registering grooves 7s, adapted to receive the line and hold it. The two bars are clamped together by means of a bolt and thumb-nut L, the bolt being secured in the bar K and passing through the bar K. The outer end of the bolt is slightly headed or riveted, as shown at L, so that the thumb-nut cannot be removed and lost. The two bars K K are held in proper position to each other by pins 70, which are secured to one bar and enter holes in the other. These pins are located near the grooves 70, so that the upper pin will act as a support for the upper run of the rope when placed in the clamp. The lower run is held in place by a device (shown in Figs. 3 and 6) consisting of a bar N, which has a hook bent on each end and adapted to embrace the two runs of rope to hold them properly spaced until the clamp maybe tightened. When the rope is in place, the thumb-nut L is tightened down, thus firmly holding the line. The bracket may then be swung toward the window, thus producing sufficient slack to enable the pulleyl to be released, when it may be dropped, as shown in Fig. 2, and the inner sash lowered.

This device makes window clothes-lines more convenient and safer than where it is necessary to lean out of the windows to attach or remove the clothes.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A clothes-line bracket, comprising an arm or bracket pivoted at one side of the window and provided with means for securing the line to its outer end, a bar pivoted to the outer end of the bracket, a roller journaled on the other end of the bar, and adapted to engage the inner side of the window-sash, and a detachable bar for connecting and holding the swinging bar and the bracket at a fixed distance from each other, substantially as described.

2. A clothes-line bracket, comprising an arm or bracket pivoted at one side of the window and provided with means for securing the line to its outer end, a bar pivoted to the outer end of the bracket and adapted to engage the inner side of the window-sash, a segment-arm upon the bracket engaging and supporting the bar, and means for securing the bracket and arm at a fixed distance from each other, substantially as described.

JOHN G. VON HOFE.

Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS, EVERARD BoLToN MARSHALL. 

